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Joseph A. Satterthwaite

Joseph Arthur Satterthwaite, 82, of Huntington County, IN, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at 7:50 p.m. at Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation in Fort Wayne, IN.

Mr. Satterthwaite was a 1952 graduate of Monument City High School. In high school he held the Huntington County record for the mile run. He was a restaurant manager and ran The Spot restaurant in Huntington with his father and brother Bob.

He was born Aug. 29, 1934, in Huntington County to Charles and Ruth Kramer Satterthwaite. He married Barbara Rose Satterthwaite on Saturday, June 1, 1957, in Huntington, IN. She preceded him in death on Aug. 29, 2009.
 
Survivors include four sons, Joseph Arthur Satterthwaite Jr., of Ann Arbor, MI; Robert William (Christine) Satterthwaite, of Greer, SC; David Lee Satterthwaite, of Westmont, IL; and Douglas Jay(Paulette) Satterthwaite, of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Charles Satterthwaite Jr., of Huntington, and William Satterthwaite, of Chicago, IL; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
 
Calling is Friday, June 30, 2017, from 10 a.m. to noon with a funeral service following at noon at Glancy-H. Brown & Son Funeral Home, 203 N. Matilda St., Warren, IN. Rev. Phil Schamehorn will officiate. Interment will follow in the Monument City Cemetery in Huntington.
 
Memorial gifts may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
 
Online condolences may be made at www.glancyfuneralhomes.com.